Hoping For Tastier Tomatoes If Grown The Traditional Way

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Tastier tomatoes would indeed be a hit if it would become more tasty and juicy like what it was years before when age old agricultural practices were still making it possible, but were later passed on and forgotten in exchange for newer and modern agricultural practices.

Tastier tomatoes using time-honored traditions

Today, tomatoes are either grown in a facility or subjected to enhanced processes to boost production and yield. It has long discarded time-honored practice of naturally caring for tomatoes that the best ones produced are the ones that you find in upscale restaurants and diners.

But soon those naturally-grown tomatoes may soon be within your reach as a group of farmers are reviving this age-old cultivating tradition that once made tomatoes one of the tastiest farm produce back then.

An expert on tomatoes, Scott Stoddard together with a crew of farmers are planting rows of tomato seeds at a farm just outside of Fresno, California. Unlike other modern-day tomato farms, Stoddard and his team planted some 3500 tomato seedlings with its tiny shoots grafted.

Working with several tomato varieties, he focuses on high yielding ones known for their ability ti withstand periods of time in travel and shipment, but have been known to be less tasty compared to others.

Stoddard said he hopes to test his theory about grafting to try and produce more tasty tomato yields once they are ready for harvest.

Traditional practice of grafting

The traditional practice of grafting has been used by ancient farmers for ages, commonly used for fruit bearing trees for the purpose of making them more resilient to soil-borne diseases and pests. This method has passed on because of its labor-intensive and takes a longer time to produce yields compared to modern-day production practices.

Farmers back then needed to cultivate two plants, keeping them in hothouses to allow them to develop before they are ready to be replanted. But this classic method had been proven time and again to boost yields, including tomatoes, in greenhouses and in some cases, with organic farms.

Stoddard says that they hope to replant the seedlings in outdoor plots to determine if that option is viable and allow them to be able to cut costs on infrastructure like hothouses and greenhouses.

Stoddard says that their experiment would soon be able to yield positive results and may soon provide good opportunities to grow tomatoes in the classic and traditional way, in the hopes of bringing it back to its glory days of better taste and flavour.

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